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Relatives of the passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets were never consulted before Boeing cut a deal with the U.S. Justice Department to avoid prosecution on a felony charge of fraud.

Boeing has faced lawsuits and investigations since 2 crashes killed a total of 346 people in 2018 and 2019Dozens of grounded Boeing 737 MAX airplanes crowd a parking area adjacent to Boeing Field in Seattle in 2019, as Boeing worked to settle about 150 lawsuits filed by families of people killed in two crashes of 737 Max jets.

In a brief filed Wednesday, lawyers for the families accused Boeing of committing "the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history." There will be two main phases to the arraignment: Boeing will enter a plea, and then relatives of the passengers will ask the court to impose conditions on Boeing much as it would on any criminal defendant.

Boeing has faced civil lawsuits, congressional investigations and massive damage to its business since the crashes in 2018 and 2019, which killed a combined total of 346 people.Boeing and its top officials have avoided criminal prosecution, however, because of the settlement reached between the company and the U.S. government in January 2021.

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ordered Boeing to be arraigned after finding that the Justice Department violated a victims-rights law by not telling the families about secret negotiations with Boeing. He has not ruled on a separate issue of whether Boeing should lose its immunity from prosecution.

Officials inspect an engine recovered from a crashed Lion Air jet in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Nov. 4, 2018. The brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet plunged into the Java Sea just minutes after takeoff from Jakarta early on Oct. 29, 2018, killing all of its passengers on board.

 

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